Big Sam sweats as Beglin’s mind wanders

HOT UNDER THE COLLAR
With Fergie and Allardyce lecturing Benitez on humility, Gilesy wondered if the conditions in Big Sam’s glasshouse were suitable for stone-throwing:

“Sam Allardyce himself could get a few lessons in humidity.”

POETRY IN MOTION
All these foreign gaffers in the English game make it difficult for TV to source expert pundits with the native eloquence needed for the job. Luckily for Setanta, El Tel has time on his hands: